Ge-wiht
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-wiht
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ge-wiht
- Add: I. measurement by weighing :-- Ealra þyssa wyrta gelíce fela be gewihte. Lch. i. 148, 23. II. an amount determined by weighing :-- Cóm Nichodemus mid gemengedre sealfe of myrran and alwan, manegra punda gewyht (uenit Nicodemus ferens mixturam murrae et aloes quasi libras centum, Jn. 19, 39), Hml. Th. ii. 260, 35. His scip gehlæstan mid micclum gewihte goldes and seolfres, Ap. Th. 6, 3. Twǽgra béha on twéra punda gewihte, Cht. Th. 522, 22. Gedríge hine, cnuca donne tó duste ánre tremese gewihte, Lch. i. 110, 9. Genim þysse wyrte twégea trymesa gewihte and twégen scenceas wínes, 130, 18. Genim of ǽgþerre handa þreóra penega gewihte, 246, 24 : 136, 15. Genim . . . æscþrote ǽnne wrid, and ánre yntsan gewihte geswyries of seolfre, 216, 11. Genim swýþe smæl dúst, ánes scillinges gewihte, 240, 11. Ánes pundes gewihte eles and twégea ytnsa, 118, 19. II in the following passage the construction seems unusual :-- -Sý ánes pundes gewihte hláf tó eallum dæge panis libera uuo propensa sufficiat in die, R. Ben. 63, 14. II a. figurative :-- Gif hé gewihte besceáwað on edleáne si pondus considerat in reiributione, Scint. 10, 14. III. a definite amount used as a measure :-- Gewihte emne ys willa his pondus aequum uoluntas eius, Scint. 110, 13. Ǽghwylc gewihte beó be his dihte gescyft swíðe rihte, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 8. Ne sceall hé geþafian fals gewihte, 312, 18. Hé þóne regol þe hé mid his handum áwrát betǽhte Maure mid him tó hæbbenne, and heora hláfes gewiht and heora wínes gemett. Hml. S. 6, 68. Unrihte gemeta and woge gewihta áweorpe man georne. Wlfst. 70, 3. IV. a system or standard of measurement by weighing :-- Gange án gemet and ángewihte swilce man on Lundenbyrig and on Wintanceastre healde, Ll. Th. i. 270, 2.